Combined portable water-cart and watering-trough.



, "0.634328." Patented. Oct. 10, I899.

L L. E. MILLER. COMBINED PORTABLE WATER CART AND WATERLNG THOUGH.

(Application film! my 13, 1899.)

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' UNITED STATES- PATENT Or'rros.

LE-Wis MILLER, on OTTUMWA, IOWA.

come-men P QRTAB hE WATER-CAR T AND WATERlN'G- TROUGH.

, SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters" Patent No. 634,828, datedOctober 1899.-

Applibatibn filed May 13, 1899. Serial No. 716,730- (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS E. MILLER, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Ottumwa, county of Wapello, State of Iowa,

5 have invented eertainnew and useful Improvement's in a CombinedPortable YVa-t'er- Oart and Watering-Trough, of whichthe fol- -lowin gis a specification, reference being bad therein'to, the accompanyingdrawings, in

"Figure 1 is a perspective view of the tank, and Fig. 2 is a verticalcross-sectional view thereof. V V V a The object of the invention is toproducea combined-water-oart and stock-watering I trough which may bereadily transported from place topiace'and Which-whenlin .useasa.watering-trough will automatically feed the water froma'storage-reservoir to the drink- 2o 'ing-trough and in whichwhen infuseas a.

water-cart the water will be'coniainedin the reservoirs'fand will notenter the drinking trough.

Referring to the various parts by numerals,

l designates the water-trough, which is of anysuitable depth and isprovided with a tight top 2, drinking-openings 3 being formed in Fittingclosely in openings in the top 2 are two water-tanks 0 at, whose lowerends enter the trough and rest -upon a longitudinal beam 5, secured tothe bottom thereof; In the side of each reservoir,

nearthe bottom thereof and an inch or two from thetopof the tank, isformed a small 3 5 watersoutlet 6 which when required-may be closed bymeans of' a'plug 7, secured to the tank by means of a suitable cord. orchain 8. This plug is preferably kept within the tank 1, and to.giveready access thereto when it is .40 desired 'toinsert it.i 'ntheopening 6 a hinged cover 9 is formed in the top of the tank adjacenteach reservoir. In the top of eachtank or 'at a suitable point near thetop is formed a filling-opening, which is closed airrtight'by 4 5 meansof a screw-pluglOor other suitable de- ,Toproviide for transporting thetank or troughfrom place to place, it is-monnt'ed uponsuitahlesled-runners 11, and to the forward end fofthese is attachedasuitable draft con- V nection 12; to'which th'e draft-animal may becomes dry.

water stock in difierent fields. evident than iffdesired, only onereservoir need-be used and also that as inanydrinb I water out.

WVhen it is desired to permit water to flow from the reservoirs into thetrough, the caps 10 are first screwed tightly into place, so as v toform air-tight closures. .The plugs 7 are then removed,whereuponWaterfiows through openings 6 into the tank until the level of the watertherein is just above the openings 6,

when the rising water cuts off the access of air to .thefinteiior of thereservoirs; and thereby prevents the further escape of water from thereservoir. As the water is removed from ;the trough additional waterautomatically flowsinto the same from the reservoirs. .The reservoirsare raised sufficiently by i-he bar 5 to permit .the outlets-6 to beformed in the sides of the reservoirs near the bottoms and yet be onlyan inch or two below the top of the tank 1. This is to insu re the waterrising to near the top'of the tank and also to permit practically allthe water leaving the reservoirs, so that the tankniaybe entirelyrefilled with fresh water before the trough be- If the bottoms of thetanks were on a level with the'bottom of the trough, there wouldalwaysbe more. or less stale water in the tank unless the trough beperfectly dry. It will also be noted that by this arrangement the tanksmay bdmOlG readily washed, the cleansing-water being all permitted toHow out-into the trough. The 'tight'cover 2 protects the water in thetank from th'esun and prevents dust from settling in it, except ofcour'sesuch as may e'nterfthrough the openings 3, and keeps the watercool and clean. -:By means of the'sled the tank may be readily .movedabout either to fill -'the reservoirs, to

transport water from place to place or to openings may beemployed asdesired. By

It is of course means of the filling-opening'at ih'e top and closuredevice 7 the water in fthe reservoirs may be prevented from entering thetank 1, as is evident. Because of this the apparatus 'may bereadilytransported vhile the reser voirsare'fnll of water withoutsplashing the It will also be notedthatby my arrangement the tanks maybefilled as often as desired without inverting or otherwise disturbingthem and without automatic valves, which soon become inoperative.

Any suitable transporting means may be employed to carry the tank 1 andany suitable means may be employed to close the wateroutlet 6.

I claim- In a combined portable watercart and Mock-trough, thecombination. of a closed trough provided with a drink-opening in itstop, transporting means therefor, a tank having its lower end fitted inan opening in the top of the tank, whereby said top or cover braces thetank, said tank having an opening in its top closed by an air-tightremovable de- LEWIS E. MILLER.

Vitnesses:

J. Don. KISER, JAMES J. SMITH.

